The room is a lararium (household shrine), 16 feet by 12 feet, with an altar, a small raised pool, the remains of a garden, and brightly colored wall paintings that “include two serpents, a wild boar fighting unidentified creatures against a blood-red backdrop, and a mysterious man with the head of a dog that may have been inspired by the Egyptian god Anubis.”
Article source here:Arts Journal
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